• William Kennedy (explorer)
  William Kennedy (explorer)
  William Kennedy was born at Cumberland House, Saskatchewan, a son of the Hudson's Bay Company Chief Factor there, Alexander Kennedy and his Cree wife, Aggathas. At thirteen, he was sent to his father’s birthplace in the Orkney Islands for his education...
  
   (1814–1890), Canadian sailor and part of the search for Sir John Franklin
• William Kennedy (Royal Navy officer)
  William Kennedy (Royal Navy officer)
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   (1838–1916), British admiral
• William Hew Clark-Kennedy
  William Hew Clark-Kennedy
  William Hew Clark-Kennedy VC, CMG, DSO & Bar , was a Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.He was 39 years old, and a lieutenant colonel in the 24th Battalion,...
  
   (1879–1961), Canadian serviceman and recipient of the Victoria Cross
• William James Kennedy
  William James Kennedy
  Prof. William James "Jim" Kennedy MA, DSc is a British geologist.Jim Kennedy studied at the University of London.Kennedy was a Fellow of Wolfson College, Oxford and Professor of Earth Sciences at the University of Oxford...
  
  , Acting President of Wolfson College, Oxford
• William Kennedy (author)
  William Kennedy (author)
  William Joseph Kennedy is an American writer and journalist born and raised in Albany, New York. Many of his novels feature the interaction of members of the fictional Irish-American Phelan family, and make use of incidents of Albany's history and the supernatural...
  
   (born 1928), American Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Ironweed
• William Kennedy Smith
  William Kennedy Smith
  William Kennedy Smith is an American physician whose work focuses on landmines and the rehabilitation of people disabled by them....
  
   (born 1960), American physician and member of the Kennedy political family

Politicians

• William Kennedy (North Carolina) (1768–1834), U.S. Congressman from North Carolina
• William Kennedy (New Jersey)
  William Kennedy (New Jersey)
  William Kennedy was an American Democratic-Republican Party politician, who served on the New Jersey Legislative Council, the precursor to the New Jersey Senate. He served as Vice-President of Council from 1814 to 1815...
  
   (1775–1826), acting governor of New Jersey
• William Nassau Kennedy
  William Nassau Kennedy
  William Nassau Kennedy was the second Mayor of Winnipeg, Manitoba from 1875 – 1876. He was the first commander of The Royal Winnipeg Rifles....
  
   (1839–1885), second Mayor of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
• William Kennedy (Connecticut)
  William Kennedy (Connecticut)
  William Kennedy was a U.S. Representative from Connecticut.Born in Naugatuck, Connecticut, Kennedy attended the public schools, and later studied law....
  
   (1854–1918), United States congressman from Connecticut
• William Costello Kennedy
  William Costello Kennedy
  William Costello Kennedy, was a Canadian politician.Born in Ottawa, Ontario, he was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the riding of Essex North in the 1917 federal election as a Laurier-Liberal. He was re-elected as a Liberal in 1921...
  
   (1868–1923), Canadian businessman and politician
• John William Kennedy
  John William Kennedy
  John William Kennedy was an Ulster Unionist member of the Parliament of Northern Ireland. He represented Belfast Cromac from 1962-1973....
  
   (born 1910), Member of the Parliament of Northern Ireland

See also

• Bill Kennedy (disambiguation)
• Billy Kennedy (disambiguation)